Date of Birth
25 February 1891
College
Borough Road College
Service number
45404
WW1 rank
Sergeant
R.F.A., “B” Battery, 102nd Brigade
Theatre of war
Belgium, France, Europe
Date of death
23 May 1917
Buried/memorial
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Grave/Memorial reference: Sp. Mem. A. 6.), Southowram War memorial
Biography
Sergeant Eric Leslie Robinson was born 25 February 1894 to Edward and Emily Robinson. He attended Borough Road College for two years, graduating with an Intermediate Sciences qualification. Whilst at the college he also played rugby, representing Borough Road College at the 1913 inter-college sports day. After leaving the college Robinson enlisted into the Royal Field Artillery and was serving with “B” Battery 102nd Brigade. He was 23 when he was killed on 23 May 1917.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/14/8, BFSS/2/9/3/8 [BRCPF008], [BRCRU009], Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), 1915 Annual Report, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Southowram War Memorial (http://www.yorkshireindexers.info/wiki/index.php?title=Southowram_War_Memorial.)